If windows thinks there is a shutdown problem in will be in the logs
see Event Viewer
applications and services logs
microsoft
windows
diagnostics - performance
operational
task category will be 'Shutdown performance'
event ID in the range of 200-299
Michael
Vista Home premium
"Espana2006" <Espana2006@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I am having intermittent problems placing my laptop in sleep mode. I use
> the
> machine daily and typically can sleep/ resume several times a day before
> the
> machine locks with the fan spinning at full speed.
>
> Typically on closing the lid, there is a lot of HD activity until sound
> card
> is turned off (with a click) and the HD LED stops flickering as the
> machine
> goes into sleep. Sometimes, the disk stops (there is no sound) but the LED
> stays on, then within a few seconds the fan switches on and then revs up
> to
> full speed (a stalled service using CPU at 100%??). Other times, the HD
> activity stops and the machine just goes quiet before the fan starts.. I
> have
> waited for the fan to stop for 10-15mins but the only way to stop it is to
> switch off the machine and reboot.
>
> The laptop is only a few months old and is running VISTA business fully
> updated. There is nothing placed in the event log before the shutdown and
> afterwards there are just entries saying the machine didn’t shutdown
> properly
> but no reason is given.
>
> Is there anyway to log what happens as the machine goes into sleep?
>
> The machine as office 2003+firefox 2+Nero 8+ acrobat 8+skype 3.6+winzip 11
> installed on it